Weekly Parkinson's Newsletter from PAACI

Have you wanted to find a way to help PAACI? We are currently looking for PAACI Advocates. So what is a PAACI Advocate? It's really simple... a PAACI Advocate will share information about PAACI with their friends, family, work out buddies, and anyone else. You might put out flyers where you work out or at your support group about PAACI or upcoming PAACI events. If this is something you would like to help with please let me know by either responding to this message or by emailing Sheri at sheripaaci@yahoo.com.

Have a great day! Sheri, John & the PAACI Board!

Research Opportunities

Join a Study - Parkinson's Foundation List of Available Studies

Parkinson's Disease Medical Care Planning Resource

Dr. Jiayun Xu is creating a tool to help you and your family members talk about future medical planning in Parkinson's Disease. They are looking for a person with Parkinson's and a family member who is/was caring for a family member with PD within the last 5 years. You must be able to speak and read English, willing to be audio-recorded and have access to a phone or internet. For more info contact Dr. Xu at caregive@purdue.edu or phone 765-494-4017.

Speech Accessibility Project

Beckman Institute at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has a new study called the "Speech Accessibility Project" to help speech recognition tools understand diverse voices. You can record your speech from home and earn up to $180/$90 for caregivers. For more info: 1-888-309-6499 or speechaccessibility@beckman.illinois.edu